New member in Maryland

Travis789 · March 29th, 2016, 04:28 PM

Hi all, I'm no stranger to forums but I just bought a 2007 ninja 250 that was too good a deal to pass up so here I am. The clymer manual is on the way and I've started to look into what its going to take to pass inspection. Forums like these have been invaluable to me in the past, alerting me to common problems like a failed fuel petcock that can ruin a DR350 so I'm glad I found this.

Racer x · March 29th, 2016, 04:34 PM

Welcome
The petcock can fail in these also. But no a common problem. The only advice I would give to a new ninja owner is to make sure you don't put the long fairing screw into the tank. It is fairly common to punch a hole in the tank with the wrong screw.

csmith12 · March 29th, 2016, 04:34 PM

Welcome Travis!

snot · March 29th, 2016, 04:36 PM

Welcome

Travis789 · March 29th, 2016, 04:47 PM

thank you! I'll keep that in mind. I have the fairing bolts laid out with the pieces they go with. I got one bent clip on and I see them selling bent ones all over ebay lol. I'm considering just buying a new oem for 50$ I got the key code figured out today because of this site and ordered 2 keys, so Ninjette is already saving me money!

CaliGrrl · March 30th, 2016, 09:12 AM

Welcome!

allanoue · March 30th, 2016, 09:16 AM

Travis

Travis789 · March 30th, 2016, 03:55 PM

Thanks all! I was cleaning up some stuff and putting my triple tree back together and I thought to myself, "I should make sure this goes through all the gears" I can't start it right now because I don't have the key yet and started to freak out when I saw it wouldn't go into 2nd. Then I googled it and found out it won't shift except 1st and neutral when the engine isn't running. And I found it out on Ninjette

allanoue · March 30th, 2016, 04:53 PM

The engine running has nothing to do with it. The back wheel just needs to be moving. If you ever need to bump start it, second is the gear you want.

Travis789 · March 31st, 2016, 01:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allanoue

The engine running has nothing to do with it. The back wheel just needs to be moving. If you ever need to bump start it, second is the gear you want.

My point is, unlike the other 7 bikes I've had, you can't put this bike on the center stand and rock the rear wheel back and forth by hand with the engine off and work the gear shift through all the gears. Its a completely different animal. Because of the positive neutral finder. And that was very disconcerting at first.

allanoue · March 31st, 2016, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Travis789

My point is, unlike the other 7 bikes I've had, you can't put this bike on the center stand and rock the rear wheel back and forth by hand with the engine off and work the gear shift through all the gears. Its a completely different animal. Because of the positive neutral finder. And that was very disconcerting at first.

been there... it was disconcerting

Snake · April 2nd, 2016, 07:24 AM

Hello and welcome!

March 29th, 2016, 04:28 PM	#1
Travis789 ninjette.org member Name: Travis Location: baltimore MD Join Date: Mar 2016 Motorcycle(s): Honda Elite 50S, Suzuki DR350S, Honda XR100R, Kawasaki Ninja 250R Posts: 30	New member in Maryland Hi all, I'm no stranger to forums but I just bought a 2007 ninja 250 that was too good a deal to pass up so here I am. The clymer manual is on the way and I've started to look into what its going to take to pass inspection. Forums like these have been invaluable to me in the past, alerting me to common problems like a failed fuel petcock that can ruin a DR350 so I'm glad I found this.

March 29th, 2016, 04:34 PM	#2
Racer x ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Eric Location: Iowa City Join Date: May 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2008 Kawmeracchi 350 2010 Project X Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 54 MOTM - Sep '18, Feb '16	Welcome The petcock can fail in these also. But no a common problem. The only advice I would give to a new ninja owner is to make sure you don't put the long fairing screw into the tank. It is fairly common to punch a hole in the tank with the wrong screw. __________________________________________________ Top speed 123.369mph. Ohio mile Worlds fastest 250 ninja

March 29th, 2016, 04:34 PM	#3
csmith12 The Corner Whisperer Name: Chris (aka Reactor) Location: Northern KY Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250 (track), 1992 250, 2006 R6 (street/track), 2008 R6 (track) Posts: Too much. MOTY 2015, MOTM - Nov '12, Nov '13	Welcome Travis! __________________________________________________ Goal: Shake A Million Hands \| Look through the corners \| Track Day Prep \| Closest track? \| The Mid-Ohio School

March 29th, 2016, 04:36 PM	#4
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March 30th, 2016, 09:16 AM	#7
allanoue ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Al Location: York, Pa Join Date: Dec 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2013 Ninja 300..............2008 Ninja 500-sold...2009 Ninja 250-Crashed Posts: Too much. MOTM - Sep '14	Travis __________________________________________________ Keep calm and ride on -Motofool Never quit on a rainy day -ally99

March 29th, 2016, 04:47 PM	#5
Travis789 ninjette.org member Name: Travis Location: baltimore MD Join Date: Mar 2016 Motorcycle(s): Honda Elite 50S, Suzuki DR350S, Honda XR100R, Kawasaki Ninja 250R Posts: 30	thank you! I'll keep that in mind. I have the fairing bolts laid out with the pieces they go with. I got one bent clip on and I see them selling bent ones all over ebay lol. I'm considering just buying a new oem for 50$ I got the key code figured out today because of this site and ordered 2 keys, so Ninjette is already saving me money!

March 30th, 2016, 09:12 AM	#6
CaliGrrl ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Kerry Location: Ventura, CA Join Date: Jan 2016 Motorcycle(s): Ninja650 Posts: A lot. MOTM - Apr '18, Apr '17, Apr '16	Welcome!

March 30th, 2016, 03:55 PM	#8
Travis789 ninjette.org member Name: Travis Location: baltimore MD Join Date: Mar 2016 Motorcycle(s): Honda Elite 50S, Suzuki DR350S, Honda XR100R, Kawasaki Ninja 250R Posts: 30	Thanks all! I was cleaning up some stuff and putting my triple tree back together and I thought to myself, "I should make sure this goes through all the gears" I can't start it right now because I don't have the key yet and started to freak out when I saw it wouldn't go into 2nd. Then I googled it and found out it won't shift except 1st and neutral when the engine isn't running. And I found it out on Ninjette

March 30th, 2016, 04:53 PM	#9
allanoue ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Al Location: York, Pa Join Date: Dec 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2013 Ninja 300..............2008 Ninja 500-sold...2009 Ninja 250-Crashed Posts: Too much. MOTM - Sep '14	The engine running has nothing to do with it. The back wheel just needs to be moving. If you ever need to bump start it, second is the gear you want. __________________________________________________ Keep calm and ride on -Motofool Never quit on a rainy day -ally99

April 2nd, 2016, 07:24 AM	#12
Snake ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Rick Location: Alexandria, Louisiana Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): 05 Blue Ninja 250 Posts: Too much. MOTY - 2017, MOTM - Jan '19, Oct '16, May '14	Hello and welcome!

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